Egbert macy



PATENTED OCT. 26, 1869.

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IMPROVEMENT IN SAI'ES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known'that I, EGBERT MACY, of Brooklyn,in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Safes, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents aside view of a safe, c0n-.

struoted in accordance with my improvement;

Figure 2, a transverse or vertical section of the same; and

Figure 3, a top view-of said safe, with the lid or cover andan upperretaining-ring removed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My improvement has reference to safes for holding various articles ofvalue, and although the same may be made of lar'e size..-for.-use instores and other 'business'places, t is mainly designed to be of smalldimensions, and is especially applicable foruse in private dwellings,for the safe-keeping of jewelry, money, or other small articles ofvalue.

The invention mainly consists in a safe or depositing-chamber,constructed within orlencased by a combination-lock, preferably of apermutation character, and embraces several peculiarities ofconstruction, which materially add to the security and etiicieucy of thewhole as a safe, as hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the accompanying drawing- A represents thedepositing-chamber of the safe,

or, as, in connection with its lid or cover B, it may be termed, safeproper,

The same is of circularform, and may, if desired,

be made immovable, by screws passed from the inside,

through apertures a in the bottom of the chamber,

into the sulface or stand on which the safe, rests.

The lid B is fitted to lift on and off, and is provided with'anysuitable number of inwardly-project- -ing legs or bars (3, arranged tolie outside of. the

chamber A, and constructed with locking-notches b in their outsideedges.

The-sate, as here represented, is supposed to have three of suchlocking-bars, to correspond with a similar number of openings c,'made inthe combinationrings and an upper locking and retaining-ring, withinwhich as a body the chamber A is encased, said bars I) and openings 0being preferably disposed at unequal distances apart around the safe, sothat it requires a special adjustment to fit said bars down throughtheir respective openings 0, and simultaneous special adjustment of thelid, to allow of projections on its inner face,'or back extensions d ofsaid bars, entering recesses 0, formed in the edges of the case, to holdthe lid from turning I The combination-rings, of which there may be anysuitable number, arranged to lie the one upon the other, and which mayhave either numbers or letters on .their outside faces, are each made upof two parts, namely, an outer ring, 1), and an inner ring, E, theformer, properly speaking, constituting the combination-ring, while thelatter or inner one is a device for giving to the look apermutation-chemo ter, but both geared or locked together, when adjustedto movein common, and hence the innerring E may be considered part andparcel of A'the outer one D, and the whole be referred to ascombination-ring.

These rings are free, to rotate, in a separate manner, within or throughthe locking-notches b of the bars 0, and around the chamber A, so thatwhen it is required to lock or. unlock the safe, they may be turned, toput their respective openings 0 in or out of line, for the bars (3 topass through-them} or be restrained from withdrawal, acccordingiy as itis reqnired to open or lock the safe, only certain letters, as in othercombination-locks, for or of the several rings serving,-when brought inline with or between fixedpoints or marks, as, for instance, at f f, onthe base of the safe, to indicate that said rings are in position, asregards their openings 0, for the lockingbars-G to pass through them, asnecessary in orderto remove the lid-or open the safe.

' Theseveral combination-rings are clamped or held down by a loose upperring, F, arranged to lie or lap under pins g, which project from thebody A, such looking or retaining-ring being suitably notched for thebars 0 to pass through'it, and being restrained from turning, when inilace, by the bars 0.

Said ring thus serves to lock the several combination -rings, orprevents them and the lid from being lifted in common from oil or overthe cham.--

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'lo'secure to the look a permutationcharacter, each inner ring E,carrying the uulooking hotches c, is made detachable from its respectivering D, and adjustable therein to numerous different positions, byprojections h, fitting notches i, whereby the position of the letters onthe outer ring is changed reiatively to the openings 0, which require tooccupy a certain position in relation to the bars O,before the safe canbe opened.

In this way, that is, by changing the set of the rings E, within therings 1), a different combination of letters is necessary to effect theopening of the safe.

The combination-rings, as made up of the geared rings D and 'E, may beturned by knobs ll, on the outside of the rings D.

A safe thus constructed, and enclosed, as it were,

within its look, also requiring no separate key to 2. The chamberA andthe lid B, provided with 'open or secure it, will benfound veryadvantageous notched locking-bars O, in combination with lockingandconvenient, whether used as a portable device or rings, arranged aroundthe exterior of the safe, suba. fixture. 1 v f stantielly as set forth.

What ishere claimed, and desired to be secured EGBERTMAQY. by LettersPatent, is- V 1. A safe, having its depositing-chamber con- Witnesses:strui-ted within or encased by a, combination-lock, FRED. HAYNES,'substantially as specified. R. E. RABEAU.

